Toy bank.



llllllllln- Lllllll I I| l" No. 698,389. Patented Apr. 22, |902.

C. A. BRAUN.

ToY BANK.

(Application med may e, 1901.)

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CHARLES A. BRAUN, oECHICACoJL'LINoIs, AssIeNoR'To FREDERICK K.

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TOYBANK.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 698,389, dated April 22, 1902.

Application filed May 9, 1901. `Serial No. 59,471. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BRAUN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,

have invented Certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Money-Banksf which the following is a specication and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

and has for one of its objects to provide a bank of thekind which is, in effect, coin-controlled-that is to say, the mechanism is so arranged that when the bank is once closed 15 or locked it cannot be opened for the purpose of removing the contents until a certain number of coins have been deposited.

Another object is to provide a simple and effective means for delivering the coins to 2o the bank or receptacle and for preventing the extraction of the same except when the bank is opened in the, proper manner.

A further object is to provide means operated by the coin-delivering mechanism for z5 indicating or registering the amount of money or number of coins deposited in the bank.

The invention consists of the mechanism hereinafter fully described, and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

3o which- Figure 1 is a section on the line 1 1 of Fig, 3. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, the coin-pusher being shown in its retracted position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the 35 bank. Fig. 4 is a view of the under face of the cover of the coin-receptacle, the housingplate being removed; and Fig. 5 is a similar view with the housing-plate in position.

The coin-receptacle is for convenience .to a casting preferably made in two sections, which are secured together by a wire 11 or other suitable means. The cover for the receptacle comprises two membersfa cover proper, 13, and a plate 14, spaced apart by 45 studs 12, 12a, and 13-the latter of which receives a screw a for securing the two members together. The operating mechanism is carried by the cover 13 and is housed under the vplate 14, and each of the said members is 5o provided with a coin-slot 16 and 17, respec- My invention relates to toy money-banks,

tively, which Islots are parallel, but do not register. y

`Reciprocating between the vCover 13 and the plate 14 and guided by ribs 18 is a pusherplate 19, having at one end a right-angle flange 2O and a finger 21, parallel with the ilange, for holding a coin (shown in Fig. 2 as A) in upright position. A knob 22, the stem of which works ina slot'23 in the cover 13, provides means for reciprocating the pusher-plate 19, which plate is normally held in the position for delivering a coin to the slot 17 by one end of a spring 24, coiled about a post on the cover 13 and reacting against a projection 19 on the pusher-plate. At the limit of movement of the pusher-plate 19 in either direction the space or pocket formed by the flange 2() and the iinger 2l comes alternately into alinement with-the slots 16 and 17 in the cover members 13 and k14, `so that a coin received from the former will be carried to and dropped through thelatter slot. Acurvedvgroove or way 23a is formed in the plate 14, into which the edge of the Coin lits and which serves as a guide to keep the coin from falling out of the pocket between the flange 2O and the finger 21.

Mounted on the cover 13 and encircling the pusher-plate 19 is a movable ratchet-plate or ring 26, provided with one or more lugs 27,' adapted to travel under a iiange 28 in the mouth of the receptacle 10, slots 29 being cut through the flange for the passage of the lugs when putting on or taking off the cover. The ratchet-ring 26 has imparted to it a step-bystepor intermittent movement by a springpawl 30, carried bya lever 31, pivoted on the post 25. This lever is provided with a cam extension 32, which is normally in the path of the coin carried by the pusher-plate 19, and when the latter is shoved forward with a coin the cam 32 is engaged and the lever 3l moved on its pivot, causing the pawl 30 to move the ratchet-ring one step. As soon as the coin has passed the cam 32 the lever 31 is returned to its original position by the arm of the spring 24 opposite to that acting on the pusher-plate 19, the lever being stopped by the stud 12, against which its arm 33 bears. A dog 35 prevents backward movement of IOO 2 ses,

the ratchet-ring, and the latter is guided in its travel by ribs 3G on the cover 13.

The ratchet-ring 26 is provided on its upper face with a series of numerals-say from l to 0-indicating the number of coins the bank is designed to receive before being opened, the numerals being the same in number and spacingas the teeth on the ring; and as the cover 13 has an aperture 1t disposed over the path of the ratchet-ring one may tell at a glance how many coins have been deposited in the bank.

1t is intended that the ratchet-ring shall make one complete revolution to bring the lugs 27 of the ring 2G around to the slots by which they enter under the flange 2S, so that the cover maybe removed. lf two lugs 27 are employed, one of them should be made smaller than the other and one of the slots in the l'lange 2S to correspond, as illustrated in Fig. 3,1"01 the reason that if they are both made the same size the cover could be removed at the end of each half-revolution. This is a minor matter, however, and the arrangement ot the lugs and slots in the [lange may be made as desired.

1n order to put the cover on the receptacle in the lirstinstance, the ratchet-ring must be turned until each lug of the latter is opposite a corresponding projection 37 of the cover. The lugs may then be passed through the proper slots 29 in the flange 28, and the projections 37 will lit in the slots and prevent the cover from turning. In this position and before the rst coin has been deposited the indicator will show the Plast and highest numex-al on the ratchet-ring, or the position of the ratchet-ring at which the cover may be removed.

lVhen it is desired to deposit a coin, the pusher-plate 19 is drawn back to the limit of its movement, whereupon the space er pocket between the flange 2O and the linger 21 will aline with the slot 1G. The coin beingpassed through the slot seats itself between the flange 20 and the linger 21, its edge resting in the guide groove or way 23a. The knob 22 is then shoved forward, moving the pusher-plate 19 until the coin is brought into such position that it may drop through the slot 17 and into the receptacle 10, the stud 121L arresting the coin at the proper time. During the movement of the coin between the slot 16 and the slot 17 the cam 32, being in the path of the coin, is engaged thereby, moving the lever 3 on its pivot and causing the ratchet-ring 26 to be moved one step by the pawl 30. This movement of the ring will bring the lowest numeral on the indicator to the sight-aperture 14a, thereby showing that one coin has been deposited in the bank, and the lugs 27 of the ratchet-ring 26 having entered under the iange 28 the cover 13 will be locked against removal. On the deposit oi each subsequent coin the ratchet-ring will be moved one step, indicating at each movement the total number ot coins deposited, until the ratchet-ring has made a complete revolution and reached its original position, when the cover may be removed.

The construction of the bank is such that it is impossible to open the same or to eX- tract its contents until a predetermined numbei` of coins have been deposited, so that the cover will be released by the locking mechanism. The removal ot coin by way of the slots in the cover members is prevented by the cam It will be apparent on reference to Figs. 2 and 4 that if the bank is held upside down and a coin caused to slide back through the slot 17 into the pocket between the flange 2O and the finger 2l and the pusher'- plate is retracted the coin will be drawn against the cam 32 and held from passing the slot 1G.

To guard against manipulation of the lever 31 of the locking mechanism by a wire or other means passed through the slot 1G, in case an attempt is made to open the bank before the deposit of the requisite number of coins, the pusher-plate 19 is provided with a stop $1-, which is thrown into the path ot' the arm 33 of the lever 3l when the pusherplate is retracted, thereby preventing movement of the lever 31 in the direction in which it must move for aetuat-ing the locking-ring 26.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a toy money-bank, in combination, a receptacle, a cover therefor, a carrier for delivering coin to the receptacle, means forlocking the cover, lock-releasing means governed by the coin as conveyed by the carrier, and means ttor holding the lock-releasing means against movement when the carrier is retracted.

2. 1n a toy money-bank, in combination, a receptacle, a pusher-plate for receiving a coin and depositing it in the receptacle, a rotatable ratchet-ring Vfor locking the cover to the receptacle, pawl mechanism for advancing the ratchet-ring and which is operated by a coin as conveyed by the pusher-plate, and a stop on the pusher-plate t'or holding the pawl mechanism against movement when the pusher-plate is retracted.

3. n a toy money-bank, in combination, a receptacle, a cover therefor, a pusher-plate for receiving a coin and depositing it in the receptacle, a rotatable ratchet-ring for locking the cover to the receptacle, a pawl for actuating the ratchet-ring, a lever to which the pawl is connected, a cam on the lever and which is engaged bya coin as conveyed by the pusher-plate in either direction, and a stud, the said lever having an arm which engages the stud to prevent backward movement of the lever.

Lt. ln a toy money-bank, in combination, a receptacle having an internal annular Vflange provided with a slot, a non-rotatable cover for the receptacle, a ratchet-ring carried by the cover and having' a projection engaging the flange to lock the cover to the receptacle, a coin-carrier reciprocating across the cover IOO IIO

and within the space bounded by the ratchetring and for receiving a coin and depositing it in the receptacle, a pawl engaging the ratchet-ring, and a lever actuating the 'paWL the movement of the lever being governed by the coin as conveyed by the coin-carrier.

5. In a toy money-bank, in combination, a receptacle, a cover, a pusher-plate for receiving a coin and depositing it in the receptacle, a rotatable ratchet-ring secured to the cover and having means for looking the cover to the receptacle, a lever, a pawl carried by the lever for rotating the ratchet-ring, the lever having a cam which is engaged by a coin as conveyed by the pusher-plate for unlocking the cover, and a stop for vpreventing movement of the lever when the pusher-plateA is in itsretracted position. v

6. In a toy money-bank, in combination, a receptacle, a cover therefor comprising two members spaced apart and vprovided with non-registering coin-apertures, a rotatable ratchet-ring carried by one of said cover members and having projections engaging the iiange to lock the cover to the receptacle, a coin-carrier having a pocket and which reciprocates between the cover members and Within the space bounded by the ratchet-ring, a

pawl engaging the ratchet-ring, a pivoted lever to which'the pawl is connected, and a cam projecting from the lever and into the path of the coin seated in the pocket of the coincarrier. v

` 7. In a toy money-bank, in combination, a receptacle, a cover therefor comprising tWo members spaced apart and provided with non -registering coin-apertures, a rotatable ratchet-ring carried by one of said members and having projections engaging the flange to lock the cover to the receptacle, aipusherplate having a pocket and carried by the cover member carrying the ratchet-ring, the said pusher-plate reciprocating between the cover members and Within the ratchet-ring, a pawl engaging the ratchet-ring, a lever pivoted to the cover member carrying the ratchet-ring and between the latter and the pusher-plate, a spring-paw] secured tothe lever for actuating the ratchet-ring, and a cam projecting from the lever and into the path of the coin seated inthe pocket of the pusher-plate.

CHARLES A. BRAUN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. SEIBOLD, LoUIs K. GILLsoN. 

